MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE:PKE) reported sales of $47,312,000 for
its 2012 fiscal year third quarter ended November 27, 2011 compared to
sales of $46,920,000 for last fiscal year’s third quarter ended November
28, 2010. Park’s sales for the nine months ended November 27, 2011 were
$149,578,000 compared to sales of $160,451,000 for last fiscal year’s
first nine months ended November 28, 2010.

Park reported net earnings of $5,379,000 for the third quarter ended
November 27, 2011 compared to net earnings before special items of
$6,332,000 for last fiscal year’s third quarter. During the 2011 fiscal
year’s third quarter, the Company recorded an additional charge of
$1,312,000 in connection with the closure, in January 2009, of its
Neltec Europe SAS business unit in Mirebeau, France. Accordingly, net
earnings were $5,020,000 for the third quarter ended November 28, 2010.
Park recorded no special items during the 2012 fiscal year third quarter.

For the nine-month period ended November 27, 2011, Park reported net
earnings before special items of $19,236,000 compared to net earnings
before special items of $25,648,000 for last fiscal year’s first
nine-month period ended November 28, 2010. During the first nine months
of its 2012 fiscal year, the Company recorded pre-tax other income of
$1,598,000 relating to the settlement of certain lawsuits. The 2011
fiscal year’s nine-month period included the charge of $1,312,000 for
the closure mentioned above. Accordingly, net earnings were $20,291,000
for the nine-month period ended November 27, 2011 and $24,336,000 for
the nine-month period ended November 28, 2010.

Park reported basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.26 for the
third quarter ended November 27, 2011 compared to basic and diluted
earnings per share before special items of $0.31 for last year’s third
quarter. Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.24 for last year’s
third quarter. Park’s basic and diluted earnings per share before
special items were $0.93 for the nine-month period ended November 27,
2011 compared to basic and diluted earnings per share before special
items of $1.24 for last year’s nine-month period. Basic and diluted
earnings per share were $0.98 for the nine months ended November 27,
2011 compared to $1.18 for the nine months ended November 28, 2010. The
effective tax rate for the third quarter ended November 27, 2011 was
13.1% compared to an effective tax rate before special items of 23.1%
for last year’s third quarter. The effective tax rate for last year’s
third quarter was 27.5%.

The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial
results at 11:00 a.m. EST today. Forward-looking and other material
information may be discussed in this conference call. The conference
call dial-in number is (866) 578-5771 in the United States and Canada
and (617) 213-8055 in other countries and the required passcode is
82584926.

For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay
will be available from approximately 2:00 p.m. EST today through 11:59
p.m. EST on Tuesday, December 27, 2011. The conference call replay can
be accessed by dialing (888) 286-8010 in the United States and Canada
and (617) 801-6888 in other countries and entering passcode 97107181 and
will be available on the Company’s web site at www.parkelectro.com/investor/investor.html.

Any additional material financial or statistical data disclosed in the
conference call will also be available at the time of the conference
call on the Company’s web site at www.parkelectro.com/investor/investor.html.

Park believes that an evaluation of its ongoing operations would be
difficult if the disclosure of its financial results were limited to
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”) financial measures, which include special items, such as the
settlement of lawsuits and restructuring charges. Accordingly, in
addition to disclosing its financial results determined in accordance
with GAAP, Park discloses non-GAAP operating results that exclude
special items in order to assist its shareholders and other readers in
assessing the Company’s operating performance, since the Company’s
on-going, normal business operations do not include such special items.
The detailed operating information presented below reconciles the
non-GAAP operating results before special items to earnings determined
in accordance with GAAP. Such non-GAAP financial measures are provided
to supplement the results provided in accordance with GAAP.

Park Electrochemical Corp. is a global advanced materials company which
develops and manufactures high-technology digital and RF/microwave
printed circuit materials principally for the telecommunications and
internet infrastructure and high-end computing markets and advanced
composite materials, parts and assemblies for the aerospace markets.
Park’s core capabilities are in the areas of polymer chemistry
formulation and coating technology. The Company’s manufacturing
facilities are located in Singapore, China, France, Connecticut, Kansas,
Arizona and California. The Company also maintains R & D facilities in
Arizona, Kansas and Singapore.